Woman fights off robber at Boynton Walgreens

November 21, 2012|By Ed Komenda, Sun Sentinel

Police say Roberta Larsen had no intention of letting her purse go when the robber tried to snatch it.

"You're not getting my purse!" yelled Larsen, 64, according to a Boynton Beach police incident report. Her resistance seemed to do the trick, because the robber ran off down Congress Avenue empty-handed.

Larsen, of Lake Worth, walked out of the Walgreens at 1601 S. Congress Ave. just before 8:30 p.m. She headed to her car in the parking lot, where she packed away her groceries.

As she went to get in her car, she sensed something was wrong. She felt a tug on her purse.

Larsen quickly turned around and saw a man trying to pull her purse off her arm.